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Official account of the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU 🇨🇾🇪🇺
On the road to #CY2026EU ⌛
On the road to #CY2026EU ⌛
"During our Presidency, housing will be a priority, especially affordable housing."
-Minister of Interior Constantinos Ioannou
-Minister of Interior Constantinos Ioannou
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"During our Presidency, housing will be a priority, especially affordable housing."
-Minister of Interior Constantinos Ioannou
-Minister of Interior Constantinos Ioannou
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Marilena Evangelou participated in the discussions on social policy.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Marilena Evangelou participated in the discussions on social policy.
Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Yiannis Panayiotou represented Cyprus during the discussions on employment.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Yiannis Panayiotou represented Cyprus during the discussions on employment.
At the #EPSCO Council today discussions focused on:
🔹Affordable housing
🔹European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
🔹Carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work
🔹 Implementation of simplification agenda in the employment and social fields
🔹European Semester
🔹Equal treatment directive
🔹Affordable housing
🔹European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
🔹Carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work
🔹 Implementation of simplification agenda in the employment and social fields
🔹European Semester
🔹Equal treatment directive
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
At the #EPSCO Council today discussions focused on:
🔹Affordable housing
🔹European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
🔹Carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work
🔹 Implementation of simplification agenda in the employment and social fields
🔹European Semester
🔹Equal treatment directive
🔹Affordable housing
🔹European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
🔹Carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work
🔹 Implementation of simplification agenda in the employment and social fields
🔹European Semester
🔹Equal treatment directive
📍 Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou participated in the #EYCS Council (Culture) in Brussels today.
Ministers discussed:
🔹 Culture and democratic resilience
🔹 Access to reliable news
🔹 AgoraEU
Ministers discussed:
🔹 Culture and democratic resilience
🔹 Access to reliable news
🔹 AgoraEU
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📍 Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou participated in the #EYCS Council (Culture) in Brussels today.
Ministers discussed:
🔹 Culture and democratic resilience
🔹 Access to reliable news
🔹 AgoraEU
Ministers discussed:
🔹 Culture and democratic resilience
🔹 Access to reliable news
🔹 AgoraEU
Honouring the EU’s biggest enlargement 🇪🇺
Today, we joined fellow 2004 enlargement Member States for a commemorative tree-planting along Cortenbergh Avenue in Brussels.
The street is now symbolically marked as EU Enlargement Avenue.
Today, we joined fellow 2004 enlargement Member States for a commemorative tree-planting along Cortenbergh Avenue in Brussels.
The street is now symbolically marked as EU Enlargement Avenue.
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Honouring the EU’s biggest enlargement 🇪🇺
Today, we joined fellow 2004 enlargement Member States for a commemorative tree-planting along Cortenbergh Avenue in Brussels.
The street is now symbolically marked as EU Enlargement Avenue.
Today, we joined fellow 2004 enlargement Member States for a commemorative tree-planting along Cortenbergh Avenue in Brussels.
The street is now symbolically marked as EU Enlargement Avenue.
#OrangetheWorld 🧡
Today, and everyday, we join voices across Europe to say: violence against women and girls must end.
Gender-based violence has no place in the EU, nor anywhere in the world.
There is #NoExcuse.
Today, and everyday, we join voices across Europe to say: violence against women and girls must end.
Gender-based violence has no place in the EU, nor anywhere in the world.
There is #NoExcuse.
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#OrangetheWorld 🧡
Today, and everyday, we join voices across Europe to say: violence against women and girls must end.
Gender-based violence has no place in the EU, nor anywhere in the world.
There is #NoExcuse.
Today, and everyday, we join voices across Europe to say: violence against women and girls must end.
Gender-based violence has no place in the EU, nor anywhere in the world.
There is #NoExcuse.
Minister Papanastasiou presented today key elements of the Cyprus Presidency priorities on trade ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Minister Papanastasiou presented today key elements of the Cyprus Presidency priorities on trade ⬇️
"We are 41 days away from Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The preparations are intensifying and, in that context, yesterday I had the opportunity to co-chair the EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council on behalf of the High Representative.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"We are 41 days away from Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The preparations are intensifying and, in that context, yesterday I had the opportunity to co-chair the EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council on behalf of the High Representative.
Informal exchange of views with 🇺🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha who provided an overview of the situation on the ground and Ukraine’s most urgent priorities.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Informal exchange of views with 🇺🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha who provided an overview of the situation on the ground and Ukraine’s most urgent priorities.
📍 Foreign Affairs Council today with Minister Constantinos Kombos.
On the agenda:
🔹 Russian aggression against Ukraine
🔹 Situation in the Middle East
🔹 Informal exchange of views with ASEAN partners
🔹 Sahel
🔹 Sudan
#FAC
On the agenda:
🔹 Russian aggression against Ukraine
🔹 Situation in the Middle East
🔹 Informal exchange of views with ASEAN partners
🔹 Sahel
🔹 Sudan
#FAC
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📍 Foreign Affairs Council today with Minister Constantinos Kombos.
On the agenda:
🔹 Russian aggression against Ukraine
🔹 Situation in the Middle East
🔹 Informal exchange of views with ASEAN partners
🔹 Sahel
🔹 Sudan
#FAC
On the agenda:
🔹 Russian aggression against Ukraine
🔹 Situation in the Middle East
🔹 Informal exchange of views with ASEAN partners
🔹 Sahel
🔹 Sudan
#FAC
📍 EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos leads the EU delegation on behalf of HRVP Kaja Kallas.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos leads the EU delegation on behalf of HRVP Kaja Kallas.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📍 EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos leads the EU delegation on behalf of HRVP Kaja Kallas.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos leads the EU delegation on behalf of HRVP Kaja Kallas.
Sharing insights into the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
Deputy Minister Nicholas A. Ioannides, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and Deputy Permanent Representative Giorgos Ioannides participated at the
#CyprusForumBrussels yesterday.
Deputy Minister Nicholas A. Ioannides, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and Deputy Permanent Representative Giorgos Ioannides participated at the
#CyprusForumBrussels yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sharing insights into the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
Deputy Minister Nicholas A. Ioannides, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and Deputy Permanent Representative Giorgos Ioannides participated at the
#CyprusForumBrussels yesterday.
Deputy Minister Nicholas A. Ioannides, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and Deputy Permanent Representative Giorgos Ioannides participated at the
#CyprusForumBrussels yesterday.
Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna participated in the General Affairs Council today in Brussels. 🇪🇺
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna participated in the General Affairs Council today in Brussels. 🇪🇺
📍Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna participated in the 7th Accession Conference with Albania this morning, highlighting enlargement as one of the priorities of the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📍Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna participated in the 7th Accession Conference with Albania this morning, highlighting enlargement as one of the priorities of the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
Wide-ranging discussion today between Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and the Japanese Ambassador to the EU Kazutoshi Aikawa, touching on EU-Japan relations and areas of cooperation in view of the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wide-ranging discussion today between Permanent Representative Christina Rafti and the Japanese Ambassador to the EU Kazutoshi Aikawa, touching on EU-Japan relations and areas of cooperation in view of the upcoming #CY2026EU Presidency.
Ahead of the #CY2026EU Presidency, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti met with @UN_Women’s Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi in Brussels.
Engaging discussion on promoting gender equality and women’s leadership.
Engaging discussion on promoting gender equality and women’s leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ahead of the #CY2026EU Presidency, Permanent Representative Christina Rafti met with @UN_Women’s Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi in Brussels.
Engaging discussion on promoting gender equality and women’s leadership.
Engaging discussion on promoting gender equality and women’s leadership.
Minister Maria Panayiotou is in Luxembourg for the Agriculture and Fisheries Council.
Main topics on the agenda:
🔹Post-2027 CAP proposal on green architecture
🔹Market situation
🔹Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026
🔹International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
#AGRIFISH
Main topics on the agenda:
🔹Post-2027 CAP proposal on green architecture
🔹Market situation
🔹Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026
🔹International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
#AGRIFISH
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Minister Maria Panayiotou is in Luxembourg for the Agriculture and Fisheries Council.
Main topics on the agenda:
🔹Post-2027 CAP proposal on green architecture
🔹Market situation
🔹Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026
🔹International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
#AGRIFISH
Main topics on the agenda:
🔹Post-2027 CAP proposal on green architecture
🔹Market situation
🔹Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026
🔹International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
#AGRIFISH
Behind every EU Presidency, there’s a story.
And it starts with the people. 🧡
President Nikos Christodoulides met the Brussels-based #TeamCyprus2026, sharing his trust and encouragement as we count down to the #CY2026EU Presidency. 🇨🇾🇪🇺
Less than 70 days to go to… ⌛
And it starts with the people. 🧡
President Nikos Christodoulides met the Brussels-based #TeamCyprus2026, sharing his trust and encouragement as we count down to the #CY2026EU Presidency. 🇨🇾🇪🇺
Less than 70 days to go to… ⌛
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Behind every EU Presidency, there’s a story.
And it starts with the people. 🧡
President Nikos Christodoulides met the Brussels-based #TeamCyprus2026, sharing his trust and encouragement as we count down to the #CY2026EU Presidency. 🇨🇾🇪🇺
Less than 70 days to go to… ⌛
And it starts with the people. 🧡
President Nikos Christodoulides met the Brussels-based #TeamCyprus2026, sharing his trust and encouragement as we count down to the #CY2026EU Presidency. 🇨🇾🇪🇺
Less than 70 days to go to… ⌛